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Description of problem: Unable to set less cores when using cpu-partitioning profile. Reports error 

Cannot load profile(s) 'cpu-partitioning': Assertion 'isolated_cores contains online CPU(s)' failed.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL 8.0 kernel version 
4.18.0-80.el8.x86_64
tuned-profiles-cpu-partitioning-2.10.0-15.el8.noarch

How reproducible:
Can reproduce every time on my system

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Fresh install of 8.0 on x86 system
2. yum install -y tuned-profiles-cpu-partitioning
3. Set /etc/tuned/cpu-partitioning.conf file to isolated cores of everything on numa 1.  In my case its 1,3,5,7,9,13,15
4. Reboot
5. After reboot change conf file to use isolated cores of 3,5,7,9
6. Try to apply profile and it will fail with the above error.

Actual results:
Fails 
Cannot load profile(s) 'cpu-partitioning': Assertion 'isolated_cores contains online CPU(s)' failed.

Expected results:
Should apply profile correctly

Additional info:
tuned log shows this error ->

tuned.profiles.functions.function_assertion: assertion 'isolated_cores contains online CPU(s)' failed: '3,5,7,9' != '9,3,5,7'

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:3633